North Dakota Code > Chapter 40-20 – City Attorney, Engineer, Chief of Police, and Police Officers


§ 40-20-01	City attorney – Duties – Docket
§ 40-20-02	Assistant city attorneys – Appointment – Special counsel authorized
§ 40-20-03	City engineer – Qualifications – Duties – Compensation – Plans or surveys – Preservation and transfer to successor
§ 40-20-04	When city engineer or chief of police to be street commissioner
§ 40-20-05	Chief of police and police officers – Powers and duties – Hot pursuit
§ 40-20-06	Arrest by chief of police or policeman outside of city – Fees
§ 40-20-07	Municipalities to furnish blue uniforms to police officers

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Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37